“…the known infinity is the hardest to perceive while the unimaginable existence of infinity seems definitely trustworthy.”
Every form of life is accompanied by a continuous motion, everything is in motion and forever changing. In fine arts, depicting motion in picture in contrast with the static picture was challenging for the modern artist. At the beginning of the 20th century trends, such as futurism and cubism already experimented with putting the horizontal in motion.
Éva Sebők started her career by depicting the portrait of the father of futurism, Boccioni. Nevertheless, this series cannot be considered as portraits, but a special form of photorealism; a stative picture blurred in motion. Then, the idol, Boccioni gave its place to a seemingly full abstraction.
But, is that all it’s about? Speaking of photorealism our first thought is of artistic photos, our own family photos, figurative and illustrative photos published in magazines. Beyond this, there are other dimensions of photorealism as well.
Satellite photos are taken of the universe, the sky, the lights of the Earth; cells and bacteria can be seen in electro-microscopic photos. Even if this process can hardly be perceived by the naked eye, these natural and cosmic phenomena are in constant motion as well as visible, animate organizations.
The planets disappearing from our scope of perception and the stars are perceived as tiny light spots. By magnifying the cells it has been discovered that their basic existence is in the form of circle.’
Brigitta Muladi